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As the winter wends way into spring, I find it helpful to make note of the really good shows that will soon be departing New York stages. So here's my list (two Off- two On-Broadway) -- along with closing dates -- so that you won't be among the distraught/disappointed/downright bummed when the final curtains drop.*
Next to Normal. After extending more than once, this new musical starring Brian d'Arcy James (Tony nomination for The Sweet Smell of Success) and Alice Ripley (Tony nomination for Side Show) (pictured below) is closing up shop this Sunday (3/16) at Second Stage (where Sarah Ruhl's Eurydice also experienced numerous extensions). To give you some idea of what you're in for, Ben Brantley of the New York Times summed up its emotional essence by saying: "One minute you're rolling your eyes; the next, you're wiping them. When the show ends, you're probably doing both at the same time." Click here for tickets.
Photo: Joan Marcus
Dead Man's Cell Phone. You've got a until March 29th to score tickets to playwright Sarah Ruhl's quirky post-mortem excursion into a deceased guy's life. (If you were among the lucky, you caught Ms. Ruhl's last ingeneous New York theatrical outing: Eurydice.) For Cell Phone, starring Mary-Louise Parker and Kathleen Chalfant, the buzz is bountiful and seats at this point in time are not easy to come by -- (I know firsthand: my tickets are for March 23rd!) And yet, I encourage you to give it a shot? the critics went gaga for it. Click here for tickets.
And set to close on Broadway by month?s end:
The 39 Steps (Adios-ing on March 29th): Brilliant, stylized, tongue-in-cheek, this is a truly one-of-a-kind Broadway comedy that gloriously captures the feel of the Hitchcock film while simultaneously heaping humor on the mystery-thriller genre. I loved it; my date loved it... Go see it. Click here for tickets.
The Seafarer (Gone after March 30th): Again, a major winner written and directed by Irish playwright Conor McPherson (The Weir; Shining City). The mostly Irish actors in this eerie Faustian comedy are so good you're sucked in from the get-go (although there is that initial 10 minutes of acquainting your ear to the dialect). American actor David Morse ("St. Elsewhere") gives a wonderfully understated and compelling performance. What can I say, I'd see it again in a heartbeat. Click here for tickets.
*Extensions are always a possibility, but counting on them? Rarely worth the risk.
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About the Author: City Guide Theatre Editor Griffin Miller moved to New York to pursue an acting/writing career in the 1980s after graduating magna cum laude from Case Western Reserve University in Cleveland, Ohio. Since then, she has written for The New York Times, For the Bride, Hotels, and a number of other publications, mostly in the areas of travel and performance arts. She currently is the theatre and spa editor for Promenade Magazine as well as theatre editor for all NYMetroParents publications. An active member of The New York Travel Writers Association, she is also a playwright and award-winning collage artist. In addition, she sits on the board of The Lewis Carroll Society of North America. Griffin is married to Richard Sandomir, Sports Media reporter for The New York Times.
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